One Direction
English-Irish boy band
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| 2024 | Simon Cowell announced open casting calls for the 'next One Direction', noting no boyband had reached their level of success since their conception. |
| October 16 2024 | Liam Payne passed away, with the remaining band members releasing a joint tribute statement. The band's music experienced a significant global chart resurgence following his death. |
| 2023 | Louis Tomlinson remarked that the band's split felt like 'another loss'. |
| 2022 | Madame Tussauds retired the One Direction wax sculptures, six years after the band's indefinite hiatus |
| 2022 | Kaitlyn Tiffany published a book titled 'Everything I Need I Get from You: How Fangirls Created the Internet as We Know It', exploring the cultural impact of the One Direction fandom. |
| 2020 | One Direction was Tumblr's fifth most popular band, and the group celebrated its 10-year anniversary with Billboard highlighting their groundbreaking success. |
| July 2020 | Between July 23 and 28, the band released remastered 4K versions of past music videos and concert recordings to commemorate their tenth anniversary. |
| July 23 2020 | One Direction released multiple EPs simultaneously: 'Acoustic', 'Live', 'Rarities', and 'Remixes' through Syco as digital downloads and streaming formats. |
| July 23 2020 | Harry Styles set a social media record when his anniversary tweet reached one million likes in just over an hour, becoming the fastest tweet to achieve this milestone. |
| July 23 2020 | The band launched an anniversary website, which experienced high traffic and crashed. Band members Liam Payne, Niall Horan, Harry Styles, and Louis Tomlinson posted individual social media tributes thanking fans and each other. |
| July 22 2020 | One Direction posted 'Ten Years of One Direction' images on Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube, generating massive fan engagement. The Instagram post received 7.5 million likes, and the hashtag #10YearsOf1D trended on Twitter. |
| 2019 | The American teen drama Euphoria featured a character writing One Direction fan fictions online. |
| February 2018 | The band's touring company was reported as folded after the registry removal. |
| 2017 | Inspired the ABC television series 'Boy Band', which aimed to find the 'next One Direction'. |
| 2017 | Tied with The Beatles as three members from each group achieved number-one solo albums. |
| October 2017 | The band applied for removal of their touring company from the Companies House registry. |
| October 2017 | One Direction applied for removal of their touring company from the Companies House registry. |
| May 2017 | All band members had released solo singles by this time. |
| May 2017 | All members of One Direction had released solo singles by this time. |
| February 22 2017 | One Direction won the Video of the Year award at the Brit Awards for their song 'History', with Liam Payne accepting the award. |
| 2016 | Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne provided voice acting for themselves in an episode of Family Guy. |
| 2016 | Remained the highest-paid European celebrities despite being on hiatus for a year. |
| 2016 | One Direction goes on an indefinite hiatus, with all remaining members (Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, and Louis Tomlinson) beginning to pursue solo careers. |
| 2016 | Forbes ranked One Direction as the second highest-earning celebrities in the world, further cementing their status as a top-tier entertainment act. |
| January 13 2016 | Us Weekly reported that the group's hiatus would become a permanent split, which was denied by the band's representatives. |
| 2015 | Band members reportedly grew tired of each other, with Zayn Malik stating they had gotten 'sick' of each other, contributing to the eventual split. |
| 2015 | Comic Relief parodied the band for Red Nose Day, featuring comedians Jack Dee, Nick Helm, Patrick Kielty, Vic Reeves, and Johnny Vegas as 'No Direction'. |
| 2015 | One Direction was the second most reblogged band on Tumblr, with 'Larry Stylinson' being the most reblogged ship on the platform. |
| 2015 | Launched the 'Action 1D' campaign with Action/2015 to raise awareness of global issues including poverty, inequality, and climate change. |
| 2015 | Broke The Beatles' record by achieving their fifth Top 10 debut on the Billboard Hot 100. |
| 2015 | The band releases 'One Direction: The London Session' on Apple Music, showcasing their musical evolution. |
| 2015 | Forbes ranked One Direction as the fourth highest-earning celebrities in the world, demonstrating their massive commercial success. |
| December 31 2015 | The group's final televised performance took place on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve. |
| December 13 2015 | One Direction performed on The X Factor final. |
| November 22 2015 | The band won Artist of the Year at the American Music Awards for the second consecutive year. |
| November 13 2015 | One Direction released their album 'Made in the A.M.', which topped charts in the UK and reached number two in the US, becoming the sixth-best selling album of 2015. |
| October 31 2015 | The On the Road Again tour concluded after playing eighty shows across multiple continents, selling over 2.3 million tickets and grossing $208 million. |
| October 22 2015 | One Direction released the 'Perfect' EP through Syco as a digital download and streaming format. |
| September 22 2015 | The band officially announced their album 'Made in the A.M.' and released the promotional single 'Infinity'. |
| July 31 2015 | One Direction released their single 'Drag Me Down', the first material after Zayn Malik's departure, which topped charts in multiple countries including France, Australia, Ireland, and the UK. |
| May 14 2015 | Made their first official public appearance as a four-piece on The Late Late Show with James Corden, confirming they would continue without replacing Zayn Malik. |
| March 25 2015 | Zayn Malik announced his departure from the band during the Asia leg of their tour, stating he wanted to be a 'normal 22-year-old' and have private time out of the spotlight. |
| February 2015 | Embarked on their fourth world tour and second all-stadium tour, the 'On the Road Again Tour'. |
| 2014 | Harry Styles first proposed the idea of a hiatus to the band, expressing concern about exhausting their fanbase. |
| 2014 | The Wanted went on indefinite hiatus, citing One Direction's global success as a primary reason, stating the band was 'a phenomenon that no one else can compete with'. |
| 2014 | Writer Anna Todd published 'After', originally a One Direction fan fiction on Wattpad. |
| 2014 | Performed at the Royal Variety Performance in front of Prince William and Catherine at the London Palladium. |
| 2014 | Two significant visual projects are released: 'One Direction: Where We Are – The Concert Film' and 'One Direction: The TV Special' on NBC. |
| 2014 | The band appeared on season 45 of Sesame Street, singing a parody of 'What Makes You Beautiful' about the letter U. In the same year, they were featured in an episode of Family Guy, with Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne providing their own voices. |
| 2014 | Became the first band in history to have their first four albums debut at the top of the Billboard 200 chart. |
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